About Us
At Boryer & Son you could say that we have NZ wood running through our blood. We have been working various aspects of the industry for over 100 years.
Harry Boryer established the somewhat famous Smyth Brothers & Boryer mills around the Waikato in the early 1900's, after crosscutting with Hibby and Jack Smyth. His son Alfred (snr) also worked in these mills. Alfred Jnr (his son) grew up in Ngaroma, a small settlement surrounding the Ngaroma mill and then Te Puru on the Coromandel.
He spent many years milling the natural woods on the Coromandel, mostly kauri, before we knew any better. Years later armed with this in depth knowledge of the area he returned to recover the kauri treasures preserved in various swamps on the peninsula.
With horse and rope he recovered only what he personally needed and hand milled it. From here he created his stunning collections of coffee tables.
Those days are long gone but the skills learnt through generations have remained and have been passed on the the latest generation. Alfred Jnr's son Shayde. In particular the skills forged in furniture finishing and bring out the full beauty of New Zealand's native woods.
Shayde currently runs this business from its base in Johnsonville Wellington.
A Coromandel logging truck with Kauri awaiting the ride to be milled c1960